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. >> sandy has weakened but it is not quite done with us yet. we're seeing creeks, streams, rivers, all rise. coming up in a couple moments, we'll talk about the specifics of which ones, where, and how cold it will get tonight. >> in new york, flooding surpassed what forecasters predicted in a worst-case scenario. jay gray is live with a look at the damage throughout the northeast. >> good evening. >> just starting to get a little rain here. the weather is back below the seawall for the most part, gone in battery park. the damage, the devastation not only here but along the coast. most certainly has not. >> reporter: the day after. the devastation is overwhelming. >> this is literally the storm of our lifetime. sandy battered the mid-atlantic and east coast, violent winds and floodwaters that turned deadly overnight. more than two dozen people killed and there is fear that number could climb. >> the enormity of the storm, the power of the storm. then you have call coming in and you cannot get to these people. we don't know if we have bodies out
. >> sandy has weakened but it is not quite done with us yet. we're seeing creeks, streams, rivers, all rise. coming up in a couple moments, we'll talk about the specifics of which ones, where, and how cold it will get tonight. >> in new york, flooding surpassed what forecasters predicted in a worst-case scenario. jay gray is live with a look at the damage throughout the northeast. >> good evening. >> just starting to get a little rain here. the weather is back below the...
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aaa tells us that more than 90% of them plan to drive. that's a good reason to consider when you are leaving and when you will return if you a one of them. if the projections are true, that will be the highest volume of travel in the past ten years. the survey considers the holiday raffle period to last between december 22 to january 1. taking a live look outside right now. good day to travel by air. lots of sunshine and blue skies but don't expect it to last, folks. >> yes. let's head to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer to find out what's next. >> we told you we got a lot to talk about thisweek. yesterday was the clouds, fog, shower activity. today it is the very warm temperatures and the wind. wind gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. but the temperatures are upwards of 60 degrees. a little earlier right now 55 degrees at the airport. winds out of the west-northwest at 20 miles an hour with the gusts at 25. take a look at the numbers around the region. 40s back to the west. 47 in martinsburg. 46 in winchester. still 60 to
aaa tells us that more than 90% of them plan to drive. that's a good reason to consider when you are leaving and when you will return if you a one of them. if the projections are true, that will be the highest volume of travel in the past ten years. the survey considers the holiday raffle period to last between december 22 to january 1. taking a live look outside right now. good day to travel by air. lots of sunshine and blue skies but don't expect it to last, folks. >> yes. let's head to...
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he joins us live. the lines have been long today. >> reporter: here at this polling place, the line has been about two and a half to three hours long all day. right now, it is moving. that's the good news. it still stretches down the hill and then has to go into the building. waiting to be a part of history. some in the cold shade dance a jig to stay warm keeping the feet moving. once inside the door, greeted by reality again. the line here snaking around corners. twisting and turning before the finish line finally in sight. >> it has been long, a big wait. i've had to cancel two meetings for work so far. i may even spend up spending a vacation day just to vote today. >> for those who can't wait that long, a chance to rest until their partner waiting in line gets close. some saying there should be more help on hand but most taking it in stride. big crowds and long lines. the norm at other locations in northern virginia. at this gym in arlington, happy to have made the mark. >> it is a long time. i'm go
he joins us live. the lines have been long today. >> reporter: here at this polling place, the line has been about two and a half to three hours long all day. right now, it is moving. that's the good news. it still stretches down the hill and then has to go into the building. waiting to be a part of history. some in the cold shade dance a jig to stay warm keeping the feet moving. once inside the door, greeted by reality again. the line here snaking around corners. twisting and turning...
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down to help us. people own homes here. we have families here and we're part of this community as well. >> reporter: but will the levy pass. it's expensive, about $30 million. and the levee would only protect this small area. >>> let's get the latest on the weather right now. veronica? >> we're going to start with a live view of ft. lauderdale, florida. you can see the winds increasing. you can see the waves crashing ashore. and those waves will just get bigger. we're going to see the same scene, perhaps even bigger waves coming to the outer banks as sandy makes its way up the coast. probably still a hurricane by the time it gets to the outer banks sometime on saturday. all right. let's talk about our forecast around here. we've had some clouds around the area, for 9:00, 11:00 p.m. this evening, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. low to mid-60s, tomorrow morning, starting out in the mid to upper 50s. some of you might need a jacket. on the radar, we are definitely quiet. but open it up, and you can see t
down to help us. people own homes here. we have families here and we're part of this community as well. >> reporter: but will the levy pass. it's expensive, about $30 million. and the levee would only protect this small area. >>> let's get the latest on the weather right now. veronica? >> we're going to start with a live view of ft. lauderdale, florida. you can see the winds increasing. you can see the waves crashing ashore. and those waves will just get bigger. we're going...
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it will be a partly sunny day for us on friday. now, on saturday we're going to see clouds increase. it's going to be a partly sunny to mostly cloudy day on saturday. there will be some showers coming into the area with a cold front. this is a complex storm system, not just sandy paralleling the coast, but it's also another system coming in from the west. and that's why our thinking is that areas north across new england could be hit the hardest with a lot of rain and especially some wind as these storm systems may try to fade. looks as though there's a potential of high impact, 80% chance of wind and rain around here with a low impact. 20% chance we'll just have light wind and no rain at all. so count on at least something right now. by the time we get into monday, some 60-mile-per-hour winds possible throughout much of the mid-atlantic area right up into pennsylvania. so that's the way it's looking right now. we will all through all of our shows continue to keep you updated. as far as the next four days, low to mid-70s. cooler fo
it will be a partly sunny day for us on friday. now, on saturday we're going to see clouds increase. it's going to be a partly sunny to mostly cloudy day on saturday. there will be some showers coming into the area with a cold front. this is a complex storm system, not just sandy paralleling the coast, but it's also another system coming in from the west. and that's why our thinking is that areas north across new england could be hit the hardest with a lot of rain and especially some wind as...
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it's only going to affect us. what's going to affect us on sunday is another day of just cold and windy weather, windchills all day on sunday, very similar to yesterday will be in the low to mid 20s just about all day long. sunday will be a cold day, a cold night in store for the redskins game. the snow and the rain beginning fairly early down towards southern maryland. i think this will be basically an all-rain event for you. i. in the middle, right along i-95, i think this will be snow first, and then rain, maybe up to an inch in some locations before switching over to snow. i'm talking about culpepper fredericksburg, manassas, washington over towards annapolis, maybe even gaithersburg, but gaithersburg, you're right on the line. if you're to the north and west, this should stay pretty much all snow, 1 to 2 inches from front royal, up through northern portions of loudoun county, maybe northern portions of montgomery county. to the north and west frederick county, virginia and the panhandle of west virginia, i th
it's only going to affect us. what's going to affect us on sunday is another day of just cold and windy weather, windchills all day on sunday, very similar to yesterday will be in the low to mid 20s just about all day long. sunday will be a cold day, a cold night in store for the redskins game. the snow and the rain beginning fairly early down towards southern maryland. i think this will be basically an all-rain event for you. i. in the middle, right along i-95, i think this will be snow first,...
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billy, thanks for taking time out with us. we appreciate it. >>> today, christmas morning became a bit more exciting for thousanded of children. earlier today i got the opportunity to help open the salvation army angel tree distribution center. you see by the bagful parents picked up an estimated 40,000 toys. sponsors made the donation through 15 toy drives. one here at nbc4. one parent told me she is grateful for the generosity and the gifts. >> it's joy, happiness. it's a blessing. we have two bikes, and they're going to love it. they're twins. that's what they wanted. they really wanted a bike. >> reporter: those are are santa-size bags. >> yeah. >> reporter: parents who have been preselected will pick up the toys over the next few days. this is months and months in the making. they know what the kids are asking for. they know which families have boys and girls, age-appropriate gifts. i have never seen so many bicycles in my life. these things are cool. not like the ones we had growing up. they're tricked out. >> they're ma
billy, thanks for taking time out with us. we appreciate it. >>> today, christmas morning became a bit more exciting for thousanded of children. earlier today i got the opportunity to help open the salvation army angel tree distribution center. you see by the bagful parents picked up an estimated 40,000 toys. sponsors made the donation through 15 toy drives. one here at nbc4. one parent told me she is grateful for the generosity and the gifts. >> it's joy, happiness. it's a...
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for tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, still a chilly start for us. tomorrow afternoon, 50 to 56 degrees. we're back to standard time on sunday and it's through the weekend where we get the sunshine back into our area. we'll look at your extended forecast. and coming up at 4:45, meteorologist doug cameron and myself will look at what role climate change may have played with sandy. >>> coming up, we're waiting for comments from the president who is in new jersey. he's been touring the state, looking at some of the damage. at this hour, he's in bringenting. >> it looks as though he's talking to residents. you can see the president there with governor chris christie and he's meeting people at that shelter today. he's spent the entire afternoon with the governor there. a republican who has been a big supporter of mitt romney and this should believe, as steve handlesman was reporting, a game changer in the election to some, seeing them side by side, the governor greeting him as he got off the helicopter today, touring some of the hardest hit areas there in
for tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, still a chilly start for us. tomorrow afternoon, 50 to 56 degrees. we're back to standard time on sunday and it's through the weekend where we get the sunshine back into our area. we'll look at your extended forecast. and coming up at 4:45, meteorologist doug cameron and myself will look at what role climate change may have played with sandy. >>> coming up, we're waiting for comments from the president who is in new jersey. he's been touring the...
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this will be a needed break for us, folks. so we need a break from not just the temperatures where they've been cool, but also from this active pattern we've been in. by midweek, though, next week, we're going to be dropping back down. so this is just going to hold for the early part of next week. so we've had, of course, sandy, and we've had the coastal storm. we've had this type of pattern. big dip in the jet stream. that means unsettled weather. it's also north of this jet stream. chilly to cold conditions. and coming up, for the weekend, and early part of next week, we're going to see milder air moving in. so through at least monday, maybe even tuesday, we're going to eke out some milder and some warmer conditions with this change in our weather pattern. lows overnight, 29 degrees frederick. leesburg, areas around sterling dropping to 31. 28 in manassas. 36 degrees in d.c. for the overnight temperature. 32 la plata and around waldorf. again, we're going to be cold here for the overnight. but warming up nicely tomorrow. tod
this will be a needed break for us, folks. so we need a break from not just the temperatures where they've been cool, but also from this active pattern we've been in. by midweek, though, next week, we're going to be dropping back down. so this is just going to hold for the early part of next week. so we've had, of course, sandy, and we've had the coastal storm. we've had this type of pattern. big dip in the jet stream. that means unsettled weather. it's also north of this jet stream. chilly to...
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using phones in inappropriate places. phone activity becoming an issue in relationships, work or school. >> for some people who use their phone excessively, we know that the brain is actually responding to the phone as if it's a drug. >> reporter: right. it's affecting everyday interactions. >> interfortunately i've become so attached to communicating with everybody, that i become less attached to people who are physically in front of me. >> reporter: she's part of a nomophobia recovery. here she learns how to break her habit. >> make a commitment to not respond for 20 minutes. >> we teach them in treatment to self-monitor their behaviors, how to identify when the behaviors have become excessive. how to use coping skills to manage their urges to use the internet or their phone. >> as opposed to thinking of myself being trapped without my phone, i'm trying to focus on how it can actually be kind of freeing not to have my phone. >> doctors say if you're concerned that you may have nomophobia, you should commit to turning th
using phones in inappropriate places. phone activity becoming an issue in relationships, work or school. >> for some people who use their phone excessively, we know that the brain is actually responding to the phone as if it's a drug. >> reporter: right. it's affecting everyday interactions. >> interfortunately i've become so attached to communicating with everybody, that i become less attached to people who are physically in front of me. >> reporter: she's part of a...
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are they listed to the greatest amount used to the least amount used? >> we went to the food and drug administration for this answer. fda does require that all ingredients in a product be listed on a label, ingredients should be listed in the order of greatest amount used to least amount used. for the 100% juice cranberry example, since grape juice is listed first, it means it has the most of that ingredient in the product. more grape than cranberry in that product. >> cranberry with grape. lots of it. . the question from cheryl in laurel is, she heats her home with electricity and she's already seen an increase in her heating bill this year. she wants to know if there were any type tips you can give her to keep cost down. >> we did turn to pepco and they said there are easier ways to lower energy use and save money on your electric bill. first, set your thermostat to 768 degrees during the day and 60 at night. dressing warmly and lowering that thermostat you can lower 3% per degree that you lower the thermostat below 70 on your heating bill. you'll dro
are they listed to the greatest amount used to the least amount used? >> we went to the food and drug administration for this answer. fda does require that all ingredients in a product be listed on a label, ingredients should be listed in the order of greatest amount used to least amount used. for the 100% juice cranberry example, since grape juice is listed first, it means it has the most of that ingredient in the product. more grape than cranberry in that product. >> cranberry...
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republicans want us to work together, democrats want us to work together. >> reporter: conceding his loss, mitt romney called for compromise. >> at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> reporter: how did the people of america reject romney. one reason is our population has changed. a smaller share of whites voted, down to 72% of the total. more minorities voting, more young people. changes that favor democrats, like barack obama. he reached out last night to romney backers. >> and whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. >> reporter: some republicans say they've learned. >> if we don't change modern conservativism, we're going to go extinct. >> reporter: in a nation that just gave barack obama four more years. bipartisanship is going to get an immediate test, the dreaded fiscal cliff. automatic cross-the-board tax hikes, and deep spending cuts are just seven weeks away. live from chicago, i've steve handelsman, news4. >>> a rough post
republicans want us to work together, democrats want us to work together. >> reporter: conceding his loss, mitt romney called for compromise. >> at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> reporter: how did the people of america reject romney. one reason is our population has changed. a smaller share of whites voted, down to 72% of the total. more minorities voting, more...
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watch us at 5:00. be careful not to be soaked by these prices. >> thank you, liz. >>> a sobering study still to come. how many glasses of wine it could take before you start losing brain cells. >>> and a new story of information on a story that we told you that was breaking at the time, the man accused in the murder in a mega church was also suspected in a shooting at a house of worship here in maryland. >>> i'm wendy rieger. coming up on news4 at 5:00, breaking news involving congressman jim moran's son and quick resignation from his father's campaign. >>> booster seats, put to the crash test. so which ones got the highest grade? >>> then tonight at 6:00, a smuggling ring busted. it involves apple's brand-new iphone 5. i will see you in just a few minutes. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day, we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later, all three shifts were told to assemble the warehouse. a group of people walk
watch us at 5:00. be careful not to be soaked by these prices. >> thank you, liz. >>> a sobering study still to come. how many glasses of wine it could take before you start losing brain cells. >>> and a new story of information on a story that we told you that was breaking at the time, the man accused in the murder in a mega church was also suspected in a shooting at a house of worship here in maryland. >>> i'm wendy rieger. coming up on news4 at 5:00, breaking...
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as forecasters really help us shape our own forecast. of course, we're looking at all the different computer models to figure out exactly where we want to go with the storm. when we track a storm like sandy, let's look as it forms just south of jamaica. it actually formed last monday. one of the computer models stood out, and even last monday before the storm even formed, before it even had a name, one of the computer models in particular actually giving us this storm coming up the coast. and that particular computer model comes out of europe, believe it or not. it is the european model. and that particular model brought that storm right over towards the coast. it made that left-hand turn very, very quickly. right into our region. this was the model we looked at. this is the model we have stuck with, because by far, it is a better computer model than, unfortunately, the american models, which not enough money has been put in the american models lately. even last wednesday, the american models taking sandy out to sea. it wasn't until wedn
as forecasters really help us shape our own forecast. of course, we're looking at all the different computer models to figure out exactly where we want to go with the storm. when we track a storm like sandy, let's look as it forms just south of jamaica. it actually formed last monday. one of the computer models stood out, and even last monday before the storm even formed, before it even had a name, one of the computer models in particular actually giving us this storm coming up the coast. and...
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cloud cover stays with us. then slowly gradually throughout the day tomorrow we'll see more and more clouds leave the area. but a cold start we'll have and with some winds still hanging in tomorrow morning we may be looking at wind chills north and west not too far from here at about 34, 35 degrees or so. so a cold start for us tomorrow. we will be having some sunshine, partly sunny conditions tomorrow, and then mostly sunny on sunday as high pressure moves in but it's going to move out very quickly so by sunday afternoon clouds start to race back with a weather front that's going to be skirting just down to our south. a mostly sunny to partly sunny day coming our way on sunday. and you know what? it's so easy to blurt that word out, "nor'easter," with a system moving up the coast. but really this isn't a true nor'easter with a northerly wind. and as it makes its way from south to north a lot of tropical characteristics with it too. so not a true nor'easter but for that wednesday late time period, early thursda
cloud cover stays with us. then slowly gradually throughout the day tomorrow we'll see more and more clouds leave the area. but a cold start we'll have and with some winds still hanging in tomorrow morning we may be looking at wind chills north and west not too far from here at about 34, 35 degrees or so. so a cold start for us tomorrow. we will be having some sunshine, partly sunny conditions tomorrow, and then mostly sunny on sunday as high pressure moves in but it's going to move out very...
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adam tuss is live at reagan with an update for us. adam, what new do you have to tell us? >> reporter: well, jim, obviously anybody who thought they were going to get out today, isn't going to get out. there's nobody here at the airport. barely anybody. some people are showing up and saying i thought it was a possibility i could get on a flight. no, not happening today. it's certainly not going to happen tomorrow morning. we just talked with a gentleman who he said expected maybe tomorrow afternoon he would hear something from his airline. really, that's the game we're playing right now. you have to check with your airline, see when things ramp up. if you don't have to be here, don't come here. there's one coffee shop open in this entire airport, that's it. you can get a doughnut and some coffee and that's it. there's no reason to be here if you don't have to be here. stay at the hotel, stay at the house, stay wherever you can. we found a couple of people rlier who ran the marine corps marathon this weekend and are now stuck here. >> i looked at the weather and didn't thin
adam tuss is live at reagan with an update for us. adam, what new do you have to tell us? >> reporter: well, jim, obviously anybody who thought they were going to get out today, isn't going to get out. there's nobody here at the airport. barely anybody. some people are showing up and saying i thought it was a possibility i could get on a flight. no, not happening today. it's certainly not going to happen tomorrow morning. we just talked with a gentleman who he said expected maybe tomorrow...